Huffman and Elkind write: “So why is suburban sprawl the norm instead of housing close to shops, cafes and transit? The primary roadblock to this development is local land-use policies.”
Tag Archive for Sprawl
Alameda Point: Driving the Point Home
by jknoxwhite • • 23 Comments
Anyone else notice that in the recent discussion on traffic reduction not one of the proffered explanations was that we tore down housing and therefore there was less traffic?
Infill for open space
by jknoxwhite • • 5 Comments
Wednesday’s Chronicle had an article on the front page of the Bay Area section entitled “Report urges preserving Bay Area outdoors” which urges the Bay Area work and preserve at risk open space.
One [more] small step
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Today, Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB375. This bill is an anti-sprawl bill that dovetails into AB32, the state’s landmark climate protection legislation encouraging communities to build smarter and decrease sprawl.
Comments from the Task Force Meeting
by jknoxwhite • • 1 Comment
Last night (Wednesday, 8/27), the Alameda Point Task Force meeting was held, and unfortunately, it was a poorly organized affair that allowed for rambling comments to dominate the meeting, which lead to a number of community members being unable to…
Plan B from Outer Space.
by jknoxwhite • • 12 Comments
Wow…that’s all I can really say about tonight’s Alameda Point meeting. Ok, it’s not all I can really say, but actually, I feel like much of what I can say was said after SunCal’s last meeting: SunCal came to talk…
Friday Food for Thought
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Will Travis, Exec. Dir. of BCDC dropped a bombshell at the Alameda Rotary. Will his email box recover?
Sprawled out on the floor
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SunCal is asking for an extension to their planning schedule and the attacks are beginning on their motivation. Is sprawl the highest use we can accept?
Which way today?
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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is asking Bay Area residents about their opinions on transportation issues in order to better inform the direction of the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan. This on-line survey follows a statistically valid phone poll of over…
Little Fluffy Clouds
by jknoxwhite • • 5 Comments
So yesterday, I talked a little about the Greening Alameda Point proposal from Action Alameda; I kept things more on the style and messaging. Today I wanted to look at the specifics that are proposed within the document. For the…